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Cream
Arguably the supergroup to beat them all, Cream were formed during that incredible summer of 1966 amidst a period of huge artistic upheaval in British rock, with psychedelia beginning to infiltrate...
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Derek And The Dominos
The arrival of Derek and the Dominos on the British and American music scene in early summer of 1970 and the autumnal release of their one and only studio album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is...
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Eric Clapton
In the mid-60s graffiti began appearing around London proclaiming: ‘Clapton is God’. A staggering rise to fame, given that his grandparents only bought him his first guitar in 1959. Eric Clapton has...
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Ginger Baker
While critics and commentators may insist that Ginger Baker is “one of the best drummers in rock” or “the greatest of his generation”, Ginger himself disagrees. According to an advert placed in an LA...
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Watch Cream’s 1968 Rock Staple ‘White Room’ Go Baroque On The Lute
Cream’s 1968 rock classic ‘White Room’ has been reinvigorated by a new version available on YouTube. It features the distinguished American guitarist Daniel Estrem playing Jack Bruce and Pete Brown’s...
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Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce (1943-2014) was a visionary who created music to express his own unique, passionate worldview. The importance, the depth, the very spice of life can be heard in his singing and playing....
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Michael Jordan Doc ‘The Last Dance’ Offers A Much-Needed Musical Throwback
The Last Dance, the captivating 10-part ESPN docuseries which profiles basketball legend Michael Jordan and his final season with the Chicago Bulls is just as much of a time capsule of sports history...
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Discover British Blues On Decca And Deram Records
Discover the music gemstones of British Blues at its boom and hear why it influenced the future of recorded music, from the early beginnings of the key musicians behind Cream and Fleetwood Mac, and how...
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UMe Launches ‘Halloween & Chill’ Playlist And Spellbinding New Releases
Universal Music Enterprises kicked off spooky season with a new “Halloween & Chill,” playlist, and announced a slew of holiday-themed releases, from remastered videos to a brand-new animated video...
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Cream’s 1968 ‘Live At The Forum’ Show For Blue Vinyl 2LP Edition
Cream’s Live At The Forum, featuring the band’s performance recorded at the Los Angeles Forum during their Goodbye Tour of 1968, will be released in a limited edition, blue, 2LP version by UMC/Polydor...
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SiriusXM To Celebrate Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix And More For International...
SiriusXM is celebrating International Guitar Month this April with a new, limited-engagement channel, SiriusXM Guitar Greats (Channel 105), saluting the greatest guitarists in history, including Eric...
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Rush Pinball Machines Currently In Production
Stern Pinball, Inc., the world’s oldest and largest producer of arcade-quality pinball machines, announced today a new line of pinball machines based on the legendary Canadian rock band Rush and their...
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Best Eric Clapton Songs: An Essential Top 20 Playlist
How do you sum up Eric Clapton’s career in 20 songs? Impossible, probably, but we must try. The guitarist, who was born on March 30, 1945, has had an unparalleled career, from his time with the...
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‘The Sunshine Of Love’: Louis Armstrong Follows ‘What A Wonderful World’
By 1968, Louis Armstrong was in failing health. But in the UK, “What A Wonderful World” was bringing him a whole new audience and making him a 66-year-old chart sensation. That single topped the...
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Weird Instruments: A Collection Of Strange Music Makers
Weird instruments? Why bother? Indeed, Lou Reed once wrote “you can’t beat two guitars, bass, and drums,” in the liner notes of his 1989 album, New York. Sorry, Lou, but that’s not always the case....
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Cream, Air Force, And Way Beyond: The Best Of Drum Legend Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker, who helped invent the rock trio and reluctantly became the genre’s first star drummer, during a multi-faceted and always eventful career, was born on August 19, 1939. Here we present a...
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A Matter of Blind Faith? A Super-Group Is Born
On February 8, 1969, the new band formed by Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker in the wake of Cream’s demise was announced to the world. It would come to be called Blind Faith. The main difference at the...
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The Blues-Rock Guitar Sorcery Of The Great Rory Gallagher
William Rory Gallagher was born in Ballyshannon in County Donegal on March 2, 1948, and raised in Cork. The irreplaceable Irish blues-rock guitar virtuoso that we all came to know as Rory began to whip...
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Best Eric Clapton Guitar Solos: 20 Career-Defining Moments
Any list of 20 great guitar solos by one of its most brilliant practitioners will prompt intense debate. So we hope you’ll enjoy our playlist selection of a score of memorable solos by the peerless...
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